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Period: Mid-20th Century
Mid Century Abstract Painting by Chamlin Oil Paint on Canvas
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-century Abstract Painting by Chamlin
Oil Paint on Canvas
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Abstract Expressionist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Murray Hantman (1904-1999). Untitled, ca. 1950-55. Oil on canvas measures 20 x 26 inches, 26 x 32 inches in silver leaf vintage frame.. Signed lower right. Excellent condition with ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Kamakura" Edward Zutrau, 1963 Abstract Expressionist Chromatic Composition
Located in New York, NY
Edward Zutrau
Kamakura, 5/1963
Signed, dated and titled on verso
Oil on linen
38 1/2 x 51 1/2 inches
Edward Zutrau is among the American artists who worked within the whirlwind of ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Vintage New York Modernist Cityscape Brooklyn Bridge Dusk Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rene Portocarrero
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Rene Portocarrero, Cuban (1912 - 1985)
Title: Ciudad de la Habana, 1961
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 34 x 24 inches
Provenance:
Private Cuban Collection in South Florida....
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Signed American Modernist Framed Landscape Architectural Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid Century Modern Abstract Landscape Monogrammed American Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nicely Framed Antique American School Bustling Summer Beach Impressionist Ocean
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted antique American impressionist beach scene painting. Oil on board. Signed. Handsomely framed in a giltwood impressionist molding. Ready to hang excellent cond...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Mid Century Mod Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract painting. Oil on board. Framed.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Mid 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Sailboats in Abstract Harmony
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailboats Abstract
French cubist artist, circa 1950's
oil on board, unframed
board: 33 x 48 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: all four corners are worn but sho...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Fall Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on board
unframed: 11.75 x 15 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have fo...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Floreale N°2 " olio su tela cm. 37 x 58 1935
Located in Torino, IT
Futurista,Decò,Liberty
ARTURO CIACELLI
(Arnara, 1883 - Venezia, 1966)
Florale n.2, 1935
Oil on canvas 58x37 cm
Signed and dated lower left "Ciacelli - 35 -"
On the reverse, cartou...
Category
Futurist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surreal Figurative City Landscape by Varen circa 1950's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
2901 City Landscape ,acrylic on canvas
Displayed in a custom gilt wood frame
Image size 18x24" overall 21x26.5"
Signed Varen
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Albert Alcalay Oil on Canvas "Nightlights" Colorful Abstract
By Albert Alcalay
Located in Detroit, MI
"Nightlights" is the perfect name of this sparkling gorgeous piece by Alcalay. Dozens of colors are used to described a lively, moving street scene of night lights, including headlig...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Expressionist Woodland', Paris, Morocco, Danish Royal Academy, Charlottenborg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Mogens Valeur" (Danish, 1927-1999) and dated 1956.
Mogens Valeur first studied with Peter Rostrup Boyesen and, later, attended the Copenhagen Art Academy. He su...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Beach Scene Monogrammed Nature Study Modernist Frame
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 16L x 20H.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chateau Garden Path Through Stone Archway Vintage French Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Charming Garden Path
Mid 20th Century
signed by Regine David (French mid 20th century, female)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 21 x 25 inches
canvas: 19.5 x 24.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: very good condition
Description: This vibrant oil painting by Régine...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huerta (Thrauco painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Carlos Ortuzar (Chilean, 1932-1985). Estaban Milla es Salvado de las Garras del Huecupor su Companero Lorenzo Huerta, ca. 1964.
Oil on paper mounted to cradled masonite panel, 22 x 28.75 inches.
Titled lower edge. Unsigned.
Some loss of paint on the highest areas of protrusion. Corners show heavy wear will loss of paper ground.
Provenance: Doyle Auctions; Couturier Gallery, Stamford CT.
Carlos Ortúzar Worthington was born on March 17, 1935 in Santiago, Chile.
He studied theater, law and philosophy. He entered the School of Fine Arts of the University of Chile in 1956, where he had as teachers Gustavo Carrasco, Marta Colvin...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Conceptual Abstract II - British Sixties art oil painting female artist
Located in London, GB
This striking large conceptual abstract oil painting is by British artist Penelope Ellis. It was painted in 1963. A superb image and ahead of the conceptual ideas of the swinging six...
Category
Conceptual Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Abstract Expressionist 1955 New York Female Artist Irene Zevon Portrait
By Irene Zevon
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist oil painting by American female artist Irene Zevon created and dated in 1955. Signed. Really amazing cubist portrait.
Irene Zevon, born in Bro...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Harlem Renaissance Signed Ellis Original Abstract Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Image size 22L x 30H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge Rare Vintage American School Cubist Abstract Pop Art Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage signed large abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Large Abstract', San Francisco Bay Area, North Beach, Beat, Beatnik, Big Sur
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'K. Sanzenbach' for Keith Sanzenbach (American, 1931-1964) and dated 1956. Additionally signed, verso, and with the artist's Lagunitas, California address.
The ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Gouache
Vintage Modernist Exotic Tropical Flowers and Red Bird Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6005 Vintage oil painting of an exotic plumed bird set in a bed of colorful flowers.
Canvas set on wood board .
Set in a vintage hand painted red wood frame'
Image size 10.5x1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Modernist New England Beach Dune Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Well painted mid 1900's impressionist beach scene painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Arthur Dove 1940 "Sun" Painting
By Arthur Dove
Located in San Francisco, CA
Arthur Dove: 1880-1946. One of the most important early American Modernists and Abstract Expressionists. He has had auction results over $8,000,000 and that record was 2 weeks ago. A...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Miro original painting.
By Joan Miró
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Original drawing painted in wax by Joan Miro.
Certified by Jacques Dupin, official certifier of the artist's work.
The work is a wax painted on two continuous pages of a book publish...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Large Abstract Expressionist Oil on Canvas, Convergence Symphony in Red & Orange
Located in Cotignac, FR
A large Mid Century Abstract Expressionist oil on canvas by noted Belgian artist Ernest Engel-Pak. The painting is signed bottom left. Presented in black and silver modern frame.
A ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Fabric
Perle Fine Geometric Abstract
By Perle Fine
Located in San Francisco, CA
Perle Fine: 1905-1988. Very well listed American abstract and geometric abstract artist. Her high auction result was $57,600 in September 2024. She studied with Hans Hoffman, and was...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Abstract in Coral and Ivory', Mid-century Modernist Abstraction in Warm Colors
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, 'M. Rosera' (American, 20th century) and dated 1963.
A substantial mid-century abstract comprising contiguous and overlapping forms in variegated tones of coral, purp...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American school abstract expressionist painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso. Measuring 30 by 30 overall and 24 by 24 painting alone.
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Silver Framed Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Abstract Expressionist Color Field Black and White Painting 1950's
By Jacques Simons
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3422 Black and white acrylic on paper
Displayed in black wood frame under glass
Image size 8x11.5"
French artist
Signed Jacques Simons
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Nicely Framed American Modernist New England Coastal Lake Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist landscape oil painting by Harold Saxton Burr (1889 - 1973). Framed. Oil on board. Signed verso. Image size, 16H by 16L.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid Century Modern Swedish Abstract Oil Painting - Amidst the Bloom
Located in Bristol, GB
AMIDST THE BLOOM
Size: 48 x 57 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A vibrant mid-century abstract composition with bold colours and expressive brushwork, painted in oil onto canvas.....
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Ole Swimmin Hole" Southern California Pond and Hills Oil on canvas board 1930s
By Clyde Eugene Scott
Located in Soquel, CA
"Ole Swimmin Hole" Southern California Oil on canvas board 1930s
Elegant mid century landscape depicting a lake and hillside in summer by well known and collected California artist ...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board
My Name in Black and White Letters By Deidra
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5123a Black and white letters oil on paper by Deidra
Framed
Image Size 17.5x11.5"
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Energy Manifestation #4" Kimon Nicolaides, 1933 Dynamic Cubist Composition
Located in New York, NY
Kimon Nicolaides
Energy Manifestation #4, 1933
signed and dated lower left
oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches
Kimon Nicolaїdes (10 June 1891 – 18 July 1938), was an American artist, educ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tavern, Abstract (1960)
By Chuck Close
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Chuck Close
Title: Tavern
Year of Work: 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed & Dated Upper Left
Dimensions: framed 31 x 25 unframed 30 x 24
Provenance: Chuck Close, Marjorie Dalton (Dear friend of Chuck), Private Collection.
Tavern, is truly a rare find, an original oil on canvas, in compelling blues and grays with a touch of gold and orange. This work reveals more imagery and detail the longer one enjoys it. This painting was created during his years studying in Yale Art School, and draws different qualities to each new viewer similar to a Rorschach. Close's work is in the collections of most of the great international museums of contemporary art, including the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City. and the Tate Modern in London.
Artist Bio:
Chuck Close – (1940-2021) an American painter, artist and photographer born in Monroe, Washington. Early childhood illnesses including a neuromuscular condition, nephritis and dyslexia were compounded later in life by a condition known as prosopagnosia (face blindness), which may have inspired him to do portraits. Most of his early, large-format portraits are based on photographs, using photorealism or hyperrealism, of family and friends, often other artists. Close often painted abstract portraits of himself and others, which hang in collections internationally. Even though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he continued to paint inspired by artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. Close's first solo exhibition, held in 1967 at the University of Massachusetts Art Gallery, Amherst, featured paintings, painted reliefs, and drawings based on photographs of record covers. Being much in the mainstream of pop art, a fragment of Close's portrait of singer-songwriter Paul Simon...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Framed Modernist Romantic Leaves Falling Waterfall Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's French Cubist Abstract Oil Painting - Monogrammed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed with initials, dated 1960's
Title: Cubist abstract
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
board: 13.75 x 10.5 inches
Provenance: private co...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Modernist Outsider Pop Art Abstract Large Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Signed Abstract Expressionist Framed Mid Century Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Framed Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted mid century abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Great colors and bold brush strokes.
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage California Moonlit Sea Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3457 Moonlit Sea Painting ,oil on canvas displayed in a pale blue wood frame.Signed by E.Mc Cormick April 1966.Image size 15 H x 19 W.
Excellent condition ,wear on the frame
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Abstract Cubist Still Life Large Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted vintage American modernist still life. Cubist composition with great color. Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1970's French Geometric Abstract Large Oil Painting on Canvas, signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924)
signed and dated on verso 74'
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 24.5 x 20 inches
condition: ove...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting of Vibrant Still Life of Sunflowers and Orange Blooms in a Jug
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Oil Painting of Vibrant Still Life of Sunflowers and Orange Blooms in a Jug
Artist: Roland Pichard
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 10.75 (height) x 9.75 (wi...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Abstract Painting Mid 20th Century Oil on Board
Located in Arp, TX
Wanda Northen
"Blue Abstract"
c. 1960s
Oil paint on board
20.25"x24.25" silver period frame
Signed in paint lower right artists label on reverse
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Olja Ivanjicki "Florence or Hell of l'Inconnue De La Seine" Oil Painting c.1965
Located in San Francisco, CA
Olja Ivanjicki "Florence or Hell of l'Inconnue De La Seine" original oil circa 1965
Original oil on board. Dimensions 26" wide x 42" high.
The frame measures 30" wide x 46" high.
Signed and dated at the upper border. She has auction results over $9,000 which was earlier in 2021.
Olga Ivanjicki, the daughter of Russian emigrants was born in Pancevo, Danube Banovina. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, graduated in 1957, and in the same year she was the only woman among the founders of MEDIALA Belgrade, an art group of painters, writers and architects such as Leonid Šejka, Vladimir Velickovic, Ljubomir Popovic, Miodrag Ðuric. In 1962, she received a scholarship of the Ford Foundation to pursue her art studies in the United States, and in 1978 she was a selected artist of the Fulbright program Artist in Residence at the Rhode Island School of Design.
She had over ninety individual exhibitions and participated in numerous national and international group exhibitions. Ivanjicki’s painting was influenced by Symbolism, Surrealism, Pop art and Fantastic art. In the course of her career, the artist received the Vuk Lifetime Achievement Award (Vukova nagrada, 1988), the Seventh of July Award (Sedmojulska nagrada, 1988) and the Karic Award.
L'Inconnue de la Seine (English: The Unknown Woman of the...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Italian Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Pop Art Signed Oil Painting
By Giorgio Celiberti
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Italian modernist flower still life oil painting by Giorgio Celiberti (1929 - 1960). Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed on verso. Displayed ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Multicolor Geometric Cubist Gouache and Watercolor Painting by André Morin
Located in Atlanta, GA
This outstanding post-cubist and multicolor geometric composition, gouache, and watercolor painting was designed by French artist André Morin (20th Century).
Geometric art is the use...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Antique American Modernist Nature Study Lake Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed illegibly lower left. Image size, 36L x 24H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Gouache
Monumental Vintage American School Modernist Landscape Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large and impressive modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed illegibly.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1957 Mid Century Modern Swedish Abstract Oil Painting - Terracotta Rhythms
Located in Bristol, GB
TERRACOTTA RHYTHMS
Size: 55 x 78 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A striking mid-century abstract composition characterised by geometric shapes and dynamic forms, executed in oil...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original 1970's French Abstract Ink Painting Black and White
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink
By the Beach, Oil on Canvas Painting by André Hambourg
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant oil on mounted canvas is by André Hambourg (France, 1909-1999) and features a seaside composition. The artwork is signed in the bottom left corner. The landscape is a lo...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
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